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On-premise | 
Private Cloud 
 
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Public Cloud with Azure / Amazon AWS | 
Hybrid Cloud
 
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| Best for | 
Large teams in one location
  Ultra Secure File Storage | 
Unlimited Bandwidth Usage
  Large Disk / RAID Usage
  Running Lots of Virtual Machines or Applications | 
Load Balancing for peak demands***
  Regularly scaling up / down machines | 
Working within a targeted Budget*
  Non IT / technical users
  Running a mix of different services | 
International  Services | 
No | 
Currently Limited.   Ask for details | 
Yes - Regional | 
Yes - Regional | 
Pricing
 
 
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One off  purchase | 
12 Month Contract
  Monthly Payments
  Deposit Required | 
Monthly or Annual
 
  Deposit Required | 
Flexible Terms
  Monthly or Annual Payments
  Deposit may be Required
 
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Fixed Pricing Available
 
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Yes | 
Yes | 
No | 
Yes | 
| Free Hosting Options | 
Limited by Office Bandwidth | 
No, but you can host as many services as you can fit at no extra charge!** | 
Limited to 1Gb, 1x vCPU** | 
Yes | 
Additional Running Costs
 
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Your power & internet bill | 
None - Everything is included! | 
Pay for storage, CPU use, Disk I/O, Bandwidth usage, software rental | 
None - We budget for you
 
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Range
 
 
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Any server you can buy! | 
Single / Dual Xeons Up to 128Tb storage per host | 
Any AWS or Azure offer | 
All Options Available | 
Scaling
 
 
 
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Memory +  Storage Upgrades | 
Memory + Storage Upgrades
  Create additional VM's
  Add custom servers to the datacenter | 
Fully flexible Scaling On Demand***** | 
Mix & match as required | 
Locations 
 
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Your office | 
UK / Europe / USA Global options are limited
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Global | 
Global | 
| Colocation | 
N/A | 
Yes | 
No | 
Yes | 
| Hardware Access | 
Yes | 
Yes, By Appointment | 
No | 
Limited By Appointment | 
Advantage
 
 
 
 
 
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Data never leaves your premises | 
Very cost effective for high disk or high bandwidth applications
  Create customer machines (VMs) without additional hardware costs** | 
Only pay for what you use | 
Fully Managed Service - Know your costs in advance
  We move and scale your applications and services as needed, keeping you informed before costs occur
  
Dedicated Service Engineer(s) are assigned to each Account - never get stuck with a call center or on-line only support! 
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Example Scenarios | 
 Secure Intranet
  Application Server
  Office File Server 
Office Mail Exchange Server 
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Global Document and File Stores, Media libraries
   Staff, Supplier and Partner Portals for collaboration and content sharing
  Communication Platforms
  High Bandwidth Web Applications with large teams accessing large databases
  High Availability Options | 
Public Websites with unexpected bursts of high traffic and loads
  High Availability
  Cluster / GPU Farming | 
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions
  Fully Managed IT Services
  Mix of Public Websites and Private Applications
  Demo websites and Applications can run Free****
  High Availability Options |